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Are Sheltie dogs aggressive

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Shelties are sweet natured dogs who love their owners deeply. They avoid confrontation and are not at all aggressive.

They do have herding behaviors (nipping at heels) but that is not aggression and easy enough to stop simply by asking the dog to lie down whenever it does this

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